Steve Fawthrop

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I learnt to play in 1973 in the U.K., where I became shodan before emigrating to the U.S.A. I stopped studying over 10 years ago and have been rated AGA 5d since 1988. My biggest regret about leaving the U.K. is that, because of the greater access to players and tournaments, I probably would have had a trip to the World Amateur Go Championship by now had I stayed. If you want to read the story of why I started playing Go look at the page Why Did You Start Go.

I can usually be found on KGS but I rarely play any more, being too busy building my own house when not work at my job as a mathematics professor. I have several accounts but I am usually logged on as DrStraw because that is an admin account. I also play as Vegetarian, straw and strawman.

I have given several formal lessons on KGS in the Wings Go Club room and these are archived on my web page at [ext] http://SteveFawthrop.GoPlayer.info. The most recent ones were a series of 5 lessons on Counting. I will probably do some more at some point in the future.

I originated the KGS Teaching Ladder room, but am rarely there any more. This is a very popular room which I set up to be a teaching ladder but have now passed on to others. There are usually over 75 people there and the rule is that if you receive a lesson there you must give a lesson to a weaker player in return. In addition, I set up and ran the first three versions of the KGS Team Tournament. Unfortunately I have had to pass this on to someone else to run for the fourth installment due to time constraints,

I am also a regular reviewer for the Go Teaching Ladder, for which I have done well over 40 reviews over the last 6 years. At the time of writing this is more than any other player.

I was on the AGA rating committee which, 15 years ago, set up the current rating system, and am currently on the (inactive) ranking committee.

A few years ago I mentioned to someone that I had once played a game against Iwamoto Kaoru. As far as I am aware I have not mentioned it since, but I notice that several references in SL are appearing which claim a Shusaku number based on games against me. Seems like someone spread the word. It is only fair to point out that I never claimed a 1-on-1 game against him. It was only a simultaneous game and I am not sure if this counts. Incidentally, I do know what my "true" Shusaku number is (and it is pretty low) but it is no big deal to me so I have no intention of revealing it.


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